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  • highly flammable
    -used in the hindenburg airship with thermite painted on the outside
  • powers nuclear fusion in stars
    -exists as a diatomic gas
  • fuel cells
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Hydrogen

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-Lightest of all the metals
-nuclear reactions
-pharmaceuticals

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lithium

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-Table salt
-street lights-yellow/orange

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Sodium

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-Detergents
-Glass
-pharmaceuticals

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potassium

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-little commercial value
-used in old cathode tubes
-[harmaceuticals

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rubidium

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-used in atomic clocks (lose 1 second in a million years)
-DHS worries about dirty bombs (misplaced russian warheads)

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Cesium

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-no commercial usage
-highly radioactive
-no weighable sample has ever existed

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Francium

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-used in X-ray tubes
-non-sparking hammers
-single most toxic element

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Beryllium

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-7th most abundant element
-used in fireworks & incendiary bombs
-used in commercial ladders
-pharmaceuticals

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Magnesium

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-5th most abundant element
-pharmaceuticals
-mortar/concrete

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Calcium

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-Used as an x-ray blocker in tv and computer screens
- given off by the decay of uranium
-used in nuclear weapons
-strontium carbonate used in fireworks
-DHS concern - dirty bombs

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Strontium

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-limited commercial use by itself
-compound used as a rat poison

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Barium

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13
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-heaviest alkaline earth element
-used in cancer treatment
-Used to make luminous paint for watch faces

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Radium

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-compound used in tank and body
-borax mineral
-mined in death valley

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Boron

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-3rd most abundant element in the earth’s crust
-used in pans, containers, aircraft
-good conductor of elect, 65% as good as copper

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Aluminum

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-Liquid just above room temp
-will melt in your hands
-semi-conductor
-LED components
- 67 used in nuclear medicine

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Gallium

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-Semi-conductors
-liquid crystal displays
-solar cells
-touchscreen technology

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Indium- In

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-rat poison
-photocells
-ringworm treatment
-nuclear medicine
-mimic potassium in the body, but highly poisonous

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thallium

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-non-metal
-makes up all living things
-radioactive dating of materials

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Carbon

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-2nd most abundant element in earth’s crust
-metalloid
-glass
-semi-conductors with boron or phosphorus
-solar panels/ cells

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Silicon

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-metalloid
-lenses - microscopes, camera
-used as a semi-conductor
-used in fiber optic cables

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germanium

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-one of the first metals used by humans
-one of the 1st super conductors at 3.72 K
-used in ceramics
-used in pweter with copper and bismuth

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Tin

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-metal
-very fine glass
-bullets
-batteries
-water and sewage pipes
-paint -outlawed in the U.S

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Lead

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24
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-78% of the earth’s atmosphere
-found in many explosives

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nitrogen

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25
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-white-military
-red-matchbooks and flares
-DNA and RNA

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Phosphorus

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-contaminate in drinking water
-one of the older pesticides
-rat poison - husband poison
-semi-conductors
-syphilis & trypanosomiasis treatment

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Arsenic

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-Symbol from the mineral stribium or stibnite’
- used in safety matches
-used as flame retardant for PVC pipe

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Antimony

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-Replacement for lead in compounds
-used in antacids for ulcer treaments
-used in fire alarms

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bismuth

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29
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-required for life
-most important & most abundant element
-medical use

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oxygen

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30
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-non-metal
-protein bonding
-gunpowder
-yellow color, blue flame when burning

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Sulfur

31
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-Photocells
-Photography
-Photocopiers
-small amounts in diet protect against cancer

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Selenium

32
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-rare element
-blasting caps
-waste product in refining gold

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Tellurium

33
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-discovered by Madam Curie
-27 known isotopes (most of any elements
-photography film brushes

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Polonium

34
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-smallest and most reactive of the halogens
-toothpaste
-added to drinking water to improve dental health
-non-stick pans

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Flourine

35
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-used as a disinfectant in pools
-used as a poisonous gas in WWI (Iraq used it against the Kurds)

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Chlorine

36
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-Liquid in at room temperature
-insecticides
-used as a gasoline additive
extremely toxic

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Bromine

37
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-need for production of thyroid hormones
-commonly found in table salt

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Iodine

38
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-rarest naturally occurring element
-20 known isotopes are radioactive
-may be taken up by the thyroid gland

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Astatine

39
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-2nd most abundant element in the universe
-Airships & balloons

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Helium

40
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-It form no known compounds with other elements
-Produces orange-red light when electricity is applied

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Neon

41
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-First noble gas discovered
-welding applications
-gas between window panes
-produces purple light when electricity is applied

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Argon
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42
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-Used in lighting
-produces a pale violet color when electricity is applied

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Krypton

43
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-Can for compounds with fluorine and oxygen
-used in radiation detection equipment
-Produces blue green light when electricity is applied

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Xenon

44
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-Heaviest gases and health risk
-used in cancer treatment
-radioactive decay - alpha particles

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Radon

45
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-fused with other metals like aluminum for aircraft

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Scandium

46
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-Structural material for rockets & jet engine
-pigment in paints, plastics & paper

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Titanium

47
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  • used as an additive in steel production
    catalyst for the production of sulfuric acid
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Vanadium

48
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  • used in the production of stainless steel
  • stable green paint pigment
    -Chrome plating
    -most of these compounds are toxic
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Chromium

49
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-Us has virtually no source or this but is found in south africa
-Hardening steel - railroad track etc.

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Manganese

50
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  • Most abundant element on the earth
  • found in red blood cells
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Iron

51
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  • Corrosion inhibitor
    -trace element found in meat and dairy
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Cobalt

52
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  • used in the plating of steel
  • used in U.S coins for a time
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Nickel

53
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  • used in plumbing and electrical industry
    -used as a pesticide in grapes
    -toxic in high levels - inhibits nerve function
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Copper

54
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-Used to galvanize metals - water pipes
-U.S pennies since 1981
-used to make brass with copper

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Zinc

55
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  • Moon rocks contain a high content of this element
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Yttrium

56
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  • durable metal resistant to high temps and corrosion
    -major use is in nuclear reactors
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Zirconium

57
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-Used in nuclear magnetic resonance scanners
- used in the construction of nuclear reactors
- added to steel to allow steel to withstand higher temps

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Niobium

58
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  • not found naturally on earth, but in some stars
  • 19 known isotopes technetium
  • used in nuclear medicine
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Technetium

59
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-by product of refining platinum ore
- catalyst for industrial reactions
- used in electrical circuits

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Ruthenuium

60
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  • Salts of this element have a red color
  • used to harden platinum
    -used as an industrial catalyst
  • automotive headlight reflectors
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Rhodium

61
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  • Catalyst in industrial reactions
  • used in catalytic converts in automobiles
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palladium

62
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  • used in jewelry and utensils
  • is the best conductor of heat and electricity
  • tooth fillings in dentistry
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Silver

63
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  • added to steel “moly steel” automotives and aircrafts
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Molybdenum

64
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  • Electroplating steel for corrosion resistance
  • toxic kidney problems and hypertension
  • Nickel cadmium batteries
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Cadmium

65
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  • Chemically identical to zirconium
    – extremely corrosion resistant
  • used in nuclear reactor ccontrol rods
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hafnium

66
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  • similar chemically to platinum and often used instead
  • used in artificial hip joints and replacing portions of the skull
  • electrolytic capactors found in cell phones
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Tantalum

67
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  • Originally known as wolfram thus the W for a sumbol
  • manufacture of filaments for light blubs
  • used TIG welding with argon gas
  • Industrial cutting tools
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Tungsten

68
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  • one of the rarest elements
  • fabrications of switch contacts and electrodes
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Rhenium

69
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  • one of the densest elements
  • alloyed with other metals to produce : switch contacts, phonographic needles and fountain pin tips
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Osmium

70
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  • Alloyed with other metals to produce hypodermic needles
  • Touch screens of computers and cell phones
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Iridium

71
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  • found in catalytic converts on vehicles
  • use in the petroleum industry, dentistry, jewelry and ceramics
  • recent research shows it inhibit cancerous tumor growth
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Platinum

72
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  • used in jewelry industry
    used in dentistry
  • electronics - many computer boards have gold connections
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Gold

73
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  • only metal that is liquid at room temperature
    -used in therometers and old temperature control units
  • treatment of syphilis
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